poverty at the age of 90 , sometime around late 167 ##3 or early 167 ##4 . hu zheng ##yan was a noted seal @ - @ carver , producing personal seals for numerous dignitaries . his style was rooted in the classical seal script of the han dynasty , and he followed the hui ##zhou school of carving founded by his contemporary he z ##hen . hu ' s call ##igraphy , although balanced and with a clear composition ##al structure , is somewhat more angular and rigid than the classical models he followed . hui ##zhou seals attempt to imp ##art an ancient , weathered impression , although unlike other hui ##zhou artists hu did not make a regular practice of artificial ##ly aging his seals
poverty at the age of 90, sometime around late 1673 or early 1674. hu zhengyan was a noted seal @ - @ carver, producing personal seals for numerous dignitaries. his style was rooted in the classical seal script of the han dynasty, and he followed the huizhou school of carving founded by his contemporary he zhen. hu's calligraphy, although balanced and with a clear compositional structure, is somewhat more angular and rigid than the classical models he followed. huizhou seals attempt to impart an ancient, weathered impression, although unlike other huizhou artists hu did not make a regular practice of artificially aging his seals